Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : mozilla-thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-701-2)

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Description :

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. If a user had
JavaScript enabled, these problems could allow an attacker to crash
Thunderbird and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
(CVE-2008-5500)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Thunderbird
could be bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. If a user had JavaScript
enabled, an attacker could exploit this to read data from other
domains. (CVE-2008-5503)

Marius Schilder discovered that Thunderbird did not properly handle
redirects to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a
same-origin resource. When JavaScript is enabled, it's possible that
sensitive information could be revealed in the XMLHttpRequest
response. (CVE-2008-5506)

Chris Evans discovered that Thunderbird did not properly protect a
user's data when accessing a same-domain JavaScript URL that is
redirected to an unparsable JavaScript off-site resource. If a user
were tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript
enabled, an attacker may be able to steal a limited amount of private
data. (CVE-2008-5507)

Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were
tricked into opening a malicious website and had JavaScript enabled,
an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code
within the context of another website or with chrome privileges.
(CVE-2008-5511, CVE-2008-5512).

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